School Budget for the Fiscal Year
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

FY06 Budget Documents

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• Budget - Complete (1.8 MB)
• Proposed Cuts with justification (110 KB)
• Presentation to School Committee (explanation of cuts) - March 22, 2005 (116 KB)

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Executive Summary

February 1, 2005

To: North Andover Community

From: Daniel J. Murphy, Chairman, North Andover School Committee

Topic: Adopted FY06 Budget

This essential-service budget, for the most part, provides for the maintenance of existing programs in the North Andover Public Schools. In approving this budget, we have been careful to make sure that this budget addresses:

• Goals and objectives of the North Andover Public Schools;
• Federally mandated No Child Left Behind;
• State mandated Education Reform Act of 1993;
• Information that the Superintendent received through community input;
• Increases in utilities and salaries;
• Realistic funding for students with special needs;
• Increases in transportation;
• Budget adjustments that reflect enrollment increases at the High School;
• Inflationary rate increase.

Our approved essential-service budget for 2005-2006 totals $34,498,521 which represents an increase of $4,139,803 or approximately 13.64% over the FY05 budget. The FY06 budget reflects adjustments for student population movement with a 321 student increase at the high school since 1999 and an almost 90 student increase at the middle school since 1999. The elementary schools have seen and continue to experience changes in the demographics, which represent a decline over the past five years in elementary (K-5) enrollment (approximately 90 students), but pockets of increases at selected schools and grade levels. The North Andover School Department has seen an increase in its preschool to 12 population from 4,190 in 1999 to 4,534 projected for 2005-2006. This is an increase of 344 students since 1999, the largest enrollment ever in the North Andover Public Schools.

Guidelines

After receiving input from the community at large, the following guidelines were used in developing this budget:

• Whenever possible, maintain reasonable pupil-teacher ratios in accordance with historical practices and educational research as it applies to the North Andover Public Schools;
• Review the potential to relocate full-day and half-day kindergarten programs (swap buildings) to accommodate more parents who desire full-day kindergarten and to more fully utilize space in our schools;
• Provide equal educational opportunities for all students Preschool-Grade 12;
• Maintain the Preschool, K, 1-5; 6-8; 9-12 grade configuration, philosophy and structure;
• Maintain a reasonable level of support services in all programs;
• Fund curriculum initiatives to allow textbook adoptions and pilots to proceed with predictability;
• Provide a clean, safe and healthy educational learning environment in all schools.

Taken as a whole, the effect of these guidelines is to provide essential levels of service to all  North Andover Public School students. There is little room for unanticipated expenses such as those associated with unexpected enrollment increases, additional special education placements, or overruns in utility costs.

Minimal Budget Increases

The $4,139,803 increase represents the amount of money that the North Andover School Department will need to cover increased expenses in salaries (which includes additional positions, columns, steps, stipends and a percentage increase); special education (which includes tuition and transportation costs for 6 unanticipated out-of-district students), costs for regular education transportation and utilities and anticipated enrollment increases.

Fixed Costs	Dollar Increase	% Increase
Salaries (including additional positions, columns, steps, stipends & percentage increase)	$2,327,000	10.81%
Special Education	$604,000	13.80%*
Transportation	$59,000	7.98%
Utilities/Heat	$462,000	22.66%
Curriculum Initiatives (new elementary mathematics program)	$302,000	313.87%
Other (paper, supplies, etc.)	$330,600	23.79%
	$4,084,600

*Operational increase only

Highlights

In this budget we have added a new section, programmatic budget (yellow pages).  Here, members of the community can now find the individual cost for each program we offer in the North Andover Public Schools. Listed in each section is the cost at the elementary, middle and high school levels and the personnel and non-personnel costs. Also, the community will find a description of the program, a description of the program at each level and finally, the reader will find goals for each of these areas. By providing this programmatic section, we hope to give the individual member of the community more insight into the programs that are offered within the North Andover Public Schools and the personnel and non-personnel costs required to operate these programs. It is important to note that these goals are directly tied to improvement of the school district. In June of 2004, the North Andover School Committee took a monumental step in creating long-range goals for the school system. The goals that appear in the programmatic budget are directly tied into these goals. 

Initially, budget requests received by building principals and directors represented a significant increase for the FY06 budget with the largest request being in personnel. Our approved budget represents a reduction of those requests for new positions as well as non-operating expenses.

The following positions are necessary to continue to deal with the over 320 students who have been added at the high school since 1999 and to put back the five teaching positions that were cut in the FY04 budget. At the middle school, these positions represent a second year initiative at the 7th grade to add five days per week French, Spanish and German classes and offer a remedial program to those students in need. It also calls for the restoration of a full-time media specialist at the middle school, which was cut in the FY04 budget. This budget also calls for a stipended leadership position at the middle school for foreign language.

At the elementary level, we continue to see a shift and increase in our primary classes in grades 1 and 2 at the Franklin and Sargent Schools. It is imperative that the district add two primary teachers to the budget to keep grades 1 and 2 throughout the district at approximately 22 students or less. The shift of population has not been significant enough to adjust staff from one elementary school to another. At the elementary level we plan to implement a K-5 new mathematics initiative in all elementary classrooms. This will require a full-time instructional specialist whose primary responsibility will be to oversee the implementation of this initiative and train teachers in our new mathematics program throughout the year.

Another initiative for this district, which is a state requirement that North Andover has not implemented, and we are introducing for the second time, is a teacher mentor program for new teachers. This program is mandated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and requires that every new teacher entering the North Andover Public Schools be assigned a mentor teacher. Last year we introduced this initiative, but it was cut during the budget process. It is imperative that we implement a comprehensive mentor teacher program in the fall of 2005 in an attempt to attract, maintain and minimize turnover of teachers with less than three years experience. 

In the area of special education, we are recommending an increase of over $700,000, which includes unanticipated tuition and transportation and special education positions.

This budget also represents a reduction of a senior administrative assistant position at the Central Office. This is the second year in a row that the Central Administration has reduced administrative positions that do not provide direct services to students, but serve in a support capacity. In addition, we will continue the paid bussing program for students 7-12, the paid busing program K-5 less than two miles and the user fees for the athletic program. 

It is our intent to find new revenue sources, as we did last year, which can help support our budget. We hope to generate the following revenue:

FY06 Potential New Budget Revenue

Full Day Kindergarten	$232,000
Community Programs	$150,000
Food Services	$64,000
Savings from Administrative Personnel	$5,000
Total Potential Revenue	$451,000

The following list highlights some staffing positions which are important in order for North Andover High School to continue to meet State mandated requirements for time and learning (990 hours), to handle the anticipated increase in student enrollment, and for the school system to provide a quality education in Preschool-Grade12. In total, these new or restored staff positions reflect an adjustment of the district priorities. Between the fall of 2003 and the fall of 2005, we project that the enrollment at North Andover High School will increase by almost 158 students.

Level	FTE	Description
High School	1.0	*Guidance Counselor
High School	.5	Guidance Counselor
High School	1.0	*Mathematics Teacher
High School	1.0	English Teacher
High School	1.0	*Social Studies Teacher
High School	1.0	Science Teacher
High School	1.0	Curriculum Coordinator
High School	1.0	*Paraprofessional
Middle School	1.0	*Media Specialist
Middle School	1.0	*Spanish Teacher Grade 7
Middle School	1.0	*French Teacher Grade 7
Middle School	.5	*German Teacher Grade 7
Middle School	.5	*Remedial Teacher
Middle School	N/A	*Foreign Language Coordinator
Elementary	2.0	*Primary Teachers
Elementary	1.0	*Instructional Specialist
Elementary	N/A	New Mathematics Program
District Wide	N/A	Teacher/Mentor Program
Special Education	.5	Integrated Preschool Teacher
Special Education	.5	Paraprofessional
Special Education	.5	Paraprofessional
Special Education	1.0	Speech Assistant
Special Education	1.0	Special Education Teacher 6-8
Special Education	N/A	Transportation Increase
Special Education	N/A	Private Day Tuition Increase
Special Education	N/A	Specialists Increase (medical/therapy)
Special Education	N/A	Public Day Tuition Decrease

*These positions would be funded through the FY06 Potential New Budget Revenue listed on page six.

On the following pages, charts and graphs have been included to provide the reader with the following information:

• Analysis of School Budget Fiscal Years 1997-2006
• Analysis of School Budget by Program Fiscal Years 2004-2006
• Allocation of Line Item Budget by Program Fiscal Year 2006

Further reductions to this proposed essential-service budget will have some impact on the ability of the North Andover Public Schools to implement all aspects of the Education Reform Act of 1993 (State Mandate) and No Child Left Behind (Federal mandate), as well as moving forward the aggressive goals and objectives of the North Andover Public Schools. Given the staff and program reductions that have taken place over the last few years, additional reductions would raise concerns and make it difficult to provide an adequate delivery of services. Any reductions in proposed staff, supplies and equipment would have an adverse impact on our schools.

Whatever the budget outcome for FY06, we want to reassure the North Andover community that North Andover Public Schools is an outstanding school district. The school district has held a reputation of excellence brought forth by its students, staff and the community. Whatever the final allocation by the Town of North Andover, we, as a school district, will provide a quality education to all students. We will work very hard to be a more competitive school district, one that is recognized as among the top school districts (top 10%) in Massachusetts. We are also committed to the process of analyzing how the town and schools can further collaborate to provide the educational services that this community requires, and we must continue to examine all options.

 

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